VERB | social | decolonize, decolonise | grant independence to (a former colony) |
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Meaning | grant independence to (a former colony). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's" | |
Synonym | decolonise | |
Broader | liberate, set free | grant freedom to |
Opposite | colonize, colonise | Settle as a colony |
Spanish | descolonizar | |
Catalan | descolonitzar | |
Nouns | decolonization | the action of changing from colonial to independent status |
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